Our Team
Our growing team brings decades of diverse experience in a variety of denominations and cultures.
Ken Howard +
Roles: Founder | Executive Director | Principal Consultant | Board Chair | Experiment Manager
Focus: Missional Assessment & Strategy, Congregational Vitality, Mapping Systemic Racism, Faith Demographic Forecasting
Mary Frances +
Role: Senior Missional Consultant
Focus: Missional Assessment & Strategy Development, Mission Development, Evangelical Mission
Steve Matthews
Role: Senior Missional Consultant
Focus: Missional Assessment & Strategy Development, Congregational Redevelopment, Asset Based Community Development
Darren Slade, PHD
Roles: Research Director | Co-Founder | SHERM Journal General Editor | Board Secretary
Focus: Research
Lawrence “Larry” Clark +
Roles: Board Member | Advisor
Focus: African American & Urban Issues, Systemic Racism
Nancy Frausto +
Roles: Board Member (Ex Officio) | Advisor
Focus: African American, Urban, and Immigration Issues
Katie Romano Griffin +
Roles: Adjunct Consultant | Board Member | Advisor
Focus: Marketing & Latinx/Hispanic Issues
Lorenzo Lebrija +
Roles: Board Member | Advisor
Focus: Latinx/Hispanic Issues, Congregational Innovation
David Maglott
Roles: Board Member | Finance Director | Advisor
Focus: Public Health
Jonathan Howard
Roles: Growth Advisor
Focus: Startup Business Growth
CARON A. GWYNN +
Roles: Adjunct Consultant, Advisor
Focus: Systemic/Structural Racism, African American & Urban Issues
